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I start with the idea of constructing a treehouse and end with a s

I start with the idea of constructing a treehouse and end with a skyscraper made of wood. – Norman Mailer

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Once a newspaper touches a story, the facts are lost forever, even to the protagonists. – Norman Mailer

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Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression. The chasm is never completely bridged. We all have the conviction, perhaps illusory, that we have much more to say than appears on the paper. – Isaac Bashevis Singer

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Lists are the butterfly nets that catch my fleeting thoughts… – Betsy Cañas Garmon, www.wildthymecreative.com [And a resounding INFJ-hallel

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Every word born of an inner necessity — writing must never be anything else. – Etty Hillesum, quoted in Ten Fun Things to Do Before You Die by Karol Jackowski

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For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain [and] the noise of battle. – John Cheever

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Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points. – Knute Rockne

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Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors. – Joseph Addison

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Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake. – E.L. Doctorow

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I box for four hours a week and my diet is pretty healthy. – Tony Parsons

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